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Table 1 Average duration of infection (in months) and infectivity (scaled between a high value of 1 and low of 0) calculated over the whole population at baseline and following 3 and 10 rounds of MDA, for each of the 3 endemic settings

From: Possible changes in the transmissibility of trachoma following MDA and transmission reduction: implications for the GET2020 goals

 

Hypoendemic

Mesoendemic

Hyperendemic

 

Duration

Infectivity

Duration

Infectivity

Duration

Infectivity

Initially

4.42

0.92

2.95

0.60

2.81

0.19

Post 3 MDAs

4.87

0.93

3.23

0.66

2.82

0.23

Post 10 MDAs

5.86

0.95

3.45

0.71

2.86

0.29

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Parasites & Vectors

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